Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg Collection
Scope and Content Note
The Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg Collection is arranged in three series and documents Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg's personal and professional life as an inspector at a school in the German town of Wolfenbuettel, through correspondence, a biographical manuscript and various family documents.
The first series contains 14 folders with handwritten (presumably family) correspondence in Hebrew and handwritten translations of these letters into German.
Series II consists of two folders containing material relating to the biographical manuscript, as well as the manuscript itself. It includes the handwritten original with notes and the typed manuscript.
The 4 folders that make up Series III contain various family documents of the Ehrenberg family. These are handwritten letters, Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg's last will, testament and accounting books.
Dates
- Creation: 1763-1881
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1806-1855
Creator
- Ehrenberg, S. M. (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in Hebrew and German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg was born Samuel Meyer around 1773 and studied at home until he went to the Samson'sche Talmudschule in Wolfenbuettel, a small town near Braunschweig, in 1798. After 5 years spent under difficult conditions he moved in with his brother in Berlin and later became a private teacher in Brandenburg. He then moved to Hannover, where he became friends with his Professor and moved on to Braunschweig, where he was able to become acquainted with Professor Israel Jacobson and other famous intellectuals of the time. Because of his academic surroundings he was asked to become the Inspektor for the Samson'che Freischule in Wolfenbuettel, a school created by merging the preexistent Jakobsonschule and the Samson'sche Talmudschule in 1807. There he was responsible for the reformation of the whole organization, among other things by introducing an ordered schedule, something that had not previously existed in those schools. His system was founded on the ideals of Enlightenment, which was still a controversial thing in the small town of Wolfenbuettel.
In 1808 he married his cousin, Henriette (Jette) Maas and changed his name to Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg. He died on October 21, 1853.
Philipp Ehrenberg (1811-1882) was the son of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg; he married Julie Fischel in 1847.
Seligman Meyer Ehrenberg (1770-1842) was the brother of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg and the warden (Hausvater) at the Jacobson-Schule in Seesen.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg Collection contains correspondence in personal matters, a biographical manuscript and various documents concerning the family history.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in three series:
Processing Information
This collection was processed in preparation of the EAD finding aid. The order of the original collection was kept intact. There are summaries and content listings included in each box.
Subject
- Ehrenberg, S. M. (Person)
- Ehrenberg, Seligmann M., 1770-1842 (Person)
- Ehrenberg, Philipp, 1811-1882 (Person)
- Zunz, Leopold, 1794-1886 (Person)
- Ehrenberg family (Family)
- Samsonschule (Wolfenbüttel, Germany) (Organization)
- Jacobson-Schule (Seesen, Lower Saxony, Germany) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Papers of Samuel Meyer Ehrenberg 1763-1918 AR 4025
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Philipp Thater
- Date
- © 2011
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
- Edition statement
- This version was derived from S_M_Ehrenberg.xml
Revision Statements
- January 10, 2013 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
- October 16, 2017 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
